Ultimate Fudge Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Grease a 9x9-inch baking pan.
• Whisk together flour, baking powder, white sugar, 2 tablespoon cocoa powder, and salt in a large bowl.
• Stir in milk and butter until smooth.
• Fold in walnuts until just combined.
• Spread batter evenly in the prepared baking pan.
• Mix 1/4 cup cocoa and brown sugar in a small bowl; sprinkle mixture on top of the batter.
• Pour hot water over the batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the center of the cake is almost set, about 45 minutes. Brown sugar, cocoa, and hot water will combine to form a chocolate sauce that will settle to the bottom of the cake during baking.
• Best served warm.

Steps:

• Cream butter or margarine and sugar together in a large bowl. Add vanilla, and then eggs to the mixture.
• In another bowl, mix together flour, soda, baking powder, and salt. Sour the milk by adding the lemon juice or vinegar. Add flour mixture alternately with soured milk to the creamed mixture.
• Mix cocoa and hot water together, and beat into batter.
• Bake 30 to 35 minutes at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Cool, and frost with desired frosting.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Sift together the flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, beat 1/2 cup butter or margarine and 2 1/2 cups brown sugar until well mixed. Add eggs one at a time. Beat in the vanilla and melted chocolate squares. Add 1/2 the sour cream and then 1/2 the dry ingredients to the butter mixture until well blended.
• Add the remaining sour cream and dry ingredients to the batter. Stir in boiling water.
• Bake in a greased 9 X 13 inch pan for 35 minutes.
• Let cool 10 minutes before icing.
• To Make Caramel Icing: First melt 1/2 cup butter in a saucepan. Stir in 1 cup brown sugar and boil about 2 minutes. Stir in 1/4 cup milk and bring to a boil. Place pan in cold water and stir in the confectioners' sugar. Continue stirring until smooth. Spread over still warm cake.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Grease and flour 3 9-inch cake pans.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter until smooth.
• Gradually pour in the brown sugar, then eggs.
• Beat with mixer until light and fluffy, approx 5 minutes.
• On low speed, beat in the vanilla extract, melted chocolate, baking soda and salt.
• Add flour alternately with sour cream, beating at low speed until smooth.
• Pour in boiling hot water and stir until blended.
• Pour into the prepared pan.
• Bake about 25 minutes or until done.
• Remove from oven, let cakes cool about 10-15 minutes, then place on wire racks.

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Oil and line the base of two 18cm sandwich tins. Sieve the flour, cocoa powder and bicarbonate of soda into a bowl. Add the caster sugar and mix well.
• Make a well in the centre and add the golden syrup, eggs, sunflower oil and milk. Beat well with an electric whisk until smooth.
• Pour the mixture into the two tins and bake for 25-30 mins until risen and firm to the touch. Remove from oven, leave to cool for 10 mins before turning out onto a cooling rack.
• To make the icing, beat the unsalted butter in a bowl until soft. Gradually sieve and beat in the icing sugar and cocoa powder, then add enough of the milk to make the icing fluffy and spreadable.
• Sandwich the two cakes together with the butter icing and cover the sides and the top of the cake with more icing.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350'F.
• In medium bowl stir together 3/4 cup granulated sugar, flour, 3 Tbls. cocoa, baking powder and salt. Blend in milk, butter and vanilla, beat until smooth.
• Pour batter into 8- or 9-inch square baking pan.
• In separate bowl, stir together remaining 1/2 cup granulated sugar, brown sugar and remaining 4 tablespoons cocoa; sprinkle mixture evenly over batter.
• Pour hot water over top; do not stir.
• Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until center is almost set.
• Let stand 15 minutes; spoon into dessert dishes, spooning sauce from bottom of pan over top.
• Garnish with whipped topping.

Steps:

• Combine chocolate, 2/3 cup sugar, 1/2 cup milk and 1 egg.
• Cook over medium heat until mixture thickens.
• Set aside and cool.
• Preheat oven to 350F and grease/flour cake pan.
• Cream together shortening and 1 cup sugar.
• Add vanilla, 2 eggs, flour, baking soda, salt, and 2/3 cup milk.
• Combine until well blended.
• Add cooked ingredients - mixing well.
• Bake for 25-30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Steps:

• To start, preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease and flour a 12-cup bundt pan, and set aside.
• In a large bowl, beat sugar and butter until very light and fluffy.
• Add eggs to sugar mixture one at a time, and beat well after adding each egg.
• Add your confec sugar a little at a time, blending well.
• With your hands, stir in the flour, cocoa and walnuts.
• Spoon your batter into the prepared bundt pan, and spread it evenly.
• Bake in the lower third of your oven for 45 to 50 minutes until the top is set and the edges begin to pull away from the sides of the pan.
• You CANNOT test this cake by sticking a toothpick in it.
• This cake will be very fudgy.
• Cool in pan set upright on a wire rack for 1 1/2 hours.
• Then invert onto a serving plate, remove pan and cool cake an additional 2 hours.
• Make your glaze by combining sugar and cocoa and adding just enough milk to make a drizzle consistency.
• Drizzle glaze over cooled cake, and slice to serve.